Biography
The handsome, mustachioed and bespectacled Grammy-winner Herbie Hancock is a pioneer in the fusion of jazz techniques with electronic instrumentation--a combination which fueled several best-selling records as well as opening up a new film scoring idiom. The Chicago native began piano lessons at age seven and within four years was performing with the Chicago Symphony. Hancock's interest in jazz didn't take hold until his high school years. …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Earned three Grammy nominations for The Imagine Project, which features collaborations from various artists; the album was complemented by a documentary about the recording process | |
2007 | Released the album, River: The Joni Letters, a tribute album in honor of Joni Mitchell, a longtime associate and friend of Hancock; earned a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year | |
2005 | Released the duet album, Possibilities, which featured duets with Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Sting and others; the album earned two Grammy nominations | |
2001 | Partnered with Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove to record a live concert album saluting Davis and John Coltrane called Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall | |
1998 | Reunited with Headhunters for the album, Return of the Headhunters | |
1998 | Achieved success with his album Gershwin's World, which featured Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Shorter | |
1994 | Released the album, Tribute to Miles to honor his mentor Miles Davis who had died in 1991 | |
1990 | Appeared as himself in the biographical feature, "Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones" | |
1989 | Served as music director, also featured in the Cinemax special, "The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is" | |
| Hosted the cable series "Showtime Coast to Coast" | ||
1986 | First TV-movie music credit, "The George McKenna Story" (CBS) | |
1986 | Feature acting debut, also credited for music, music arrangement, and music direction, "'Round Midnight"; earned Best Original Music Score Oscar | |
1979 | Feature debut as song performer, "The Bitch"; also received song credit for, "I Thought It Was You" | |
1976 | Returned to earlier jazz influences and formed the acoustic group, V.S.O.P. | |
1974 | Made TV debut with the soundtrack, "Fat Albert Rotunda" a Bill Cosby animated special | |
1973 | Formed band and released breakthrough album of the same title, Headhunters | |
1971 | Ceased collaborating with Davis and branched out musically to pursue fusion with Mwandishi | |
1966 | Feature debut, scored Michelangelo Antonioni's, "Blow-Up" | |
1963 | Worked with Miles Davis, with whom he recorded often for Blue Note Records | |
1963 | Released first solo LP, Watermelon Man, after working with trumpeter Donald Byrd | |
| Played jazz piano in a trio, while working towards an engineering degree at Grinnell College | ||
1951 | By age 11, was performing with the Chicago Symphony | |
1947 | Began playing piano at age seven | |
| Born and raised in Chicago, IL | ||
Awards
2007 | Grammy Award for Album Of The Year |
2007 | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album |
2004 | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo |
2002 | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group |
2002 | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo |
1998 | Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals |
1998 | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group |
1996 | Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition |
1994 | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group |
1987 | Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition |
1986 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music Score in Round Midnight |
1986 | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Motion Picture in Round Midnight |
1986 | Academy Award for Music (Original Score) in Round Midnight |
1986 | BAFTA Award for Score For a Film in Round Midnight |
1984 | Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance |
1983 | Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance |